--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtfont.C	2008/01/25 16:04:57	1.145
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtfont.C	2008/01/26 14:24:43	1.146
@@ -1302,10 +1302,8 @@
    * Maybe make buffering into a resource flag? Compile time option doesn't seems like a
    * good idea from the perspective of packaging for wide variety of user configs.
    */
-  bool buffered = bg >= Color_transparent;
-#ifdef FORCE_UNBUFFERED_XFT
-  buffered = false;
-#endif
+  bool buffered = bg >= Color_transparent
+    && term->option (Opt_buffered);
 
   // cut trailing spaces
   while (len && text [len - 1] == ' ')